After bringing The Jungle Book to the big screen earlier this year, Jon Favreau is set to team up with Disney once again for another live-action adaptation of the 1994 animated classic The Lion King.The official Walt Disney Company website states that the reimagining of the film is being put on the fast track to […]
The Strain renewed for a fourth and final season
FX has announced that it has renewed Guillermo del Toro and Carlton Cuse’s The Strain for a fourth and final season, which will air next year.“It is a true joy to work at FX where creative intentions always comes first,” said showrunner Carlton Cuse. “Our original plan was for the series to last three years. […]
Takara Tomy teases new Zoids project
Japanese company Takara Tomy has teased the return of Zoids, launching a website which features the following teaser image, along with the caption, “A new Zoids project has started! Coming Soon”. Here’s the teaser image featuring a Shield Liger and a human soldier… The website itself no indication as to what’s being teased, be it a new […]
Will Forte and Jorma Taccone penning script for MacGruber sequel
It looks like the long-teased sequel to the 2010 action comedy MacGruber is taking a step closer to becoming a reality, with director Jorma Taccone taking to Twitter to reveal that he and star Will Forte have started working on the screenplay to the follow-up. https://twitter.com/jormataccone/status/780445877643214848 https://twitter.com/jormataccone/status/780449615854329856 MacGruber started its life as a Saturday Night Live […]
Video game Firewatch heading to the big screen
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Good Universe is partnering up with video game developer Campo Santo to develop both feature film and video game content, beginning with a big screen adaptation of Campo Santo’s critically acclaimed first-person mystery Firewatch.“When we met Good Universe we were floored by how they recognize, cultivate and produce incredible […]
Viola Davis to star in Steve McQueen’s new film Widows
Viola Davis has signed on to appear in Widows, the next project from director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave), which has been scripted by Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn and is based upon the British TV series created by Lynda La Plante. Widows follows four women who team up to complete a robbery after […]
The Hunger Games’ Amandla Stenberg to headline YA adaptation Darkest Minds
The Hunger Games star Amandla Stenberg is set to headline the YA adaptation Darkest Minds, which is based upon Alexandra Bracken’s book trilogy and is being directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson (Kung Fu Panda 3).Darkest Minds takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where a pandemic has killed most of American’s children, with some of the […]
Emerald City’s Adria Arjona joins Pacific Rim 2
Adria Arjona (True Detective) has become the latest casting addition for Pacific Rim 2, joining the previously announced John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Scott Eastwood (Suicide Squad), Cailee Spaeny (Counting to 1,000), Levi Meaden (Aftermath) and Jing Tian (Police Story: Lockdown). Arjona will soon be seen in the lead role of Dorothy Gale in NBC’s Wizard of […]
Turbo Kid prequel short explores the early adventures of Apple
Here’s something rather exciting for fans of 2015’s Turbo Kid. Le Matos, composer on the fantastic post-apocalyptic adventure comedy, has released a new musical short film which explores what the character of Apple (Laurence Lebeouf) was up to before her meeting with The Kid. Check it out here…SEE ALSO: Read our review of Turbo Kid here. url=”.” […]
Sony looking to kickstart its Valiant universe with Harbinger and Bloodshot movies
Back in March of last year, Valiant Entertainment announced that it was teaming up with Sony for a five-film “independent superhero universe” to rival that of Marvel and DC. The initial plan was to launch the universe in 2017 with a Bloodshot movie, followed by a Harbinger adaptation the following year, with each then receiving sequels before a […]
